The Winged - An Upper Missouri River Ethno-ornithology

The Winged integrates published and archival sources covering archaeology, ethnohistory, historical ethnography, folklore, and interviews with elders from the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Crow communities to explore how relationships between people and birds are situated in contemporary practice, and what has fostered its cultural persistence.

About the author

Kaitlyn Chandler is an anthropological archaeologist who received her master's degree in anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2012. She is a research associate at a museum evaluation firm in the Washington, D.C. area.

Wendi Field Murray received her doctoral degree from the School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, in 2016. She works as a research archaeologist and collections manager at the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

María Nieves Zedeño is a research anthropologist with the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and a professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

Samrat Clements received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Arizona in 2007 and is currently building a career as singer and songwriter in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Robert James is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Arizona.

Summary

Integrates published and archival sources covering archaeology, ethnohistory, historical ethnography, folklore, and interviews with elders from the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Crow communities to explore how relationships between people and birds are situated in contemporary practice, and what has fostered its cultural persistence.

Product details

• Authors: Kaitlyn Chandler, Kaitlyn Moore Chandler, Kaitlyn Moore/ Murray Chandler, Samrat Miller Clements, Wendi Field Murray, Robert James, Wendi Field Murray, Maraia Nieves Zedeano, Maria Nieves Zedeno, María Nieves Zedeño
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780816532025
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3202-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Anthropological Papers; Anthropological Papers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore